Links On The Chain chords by Phil Ochs

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA

verse 1:
A augmentedA             C majorC    D MajorD  A augmentedA
Come you ranks of labor, come you union core
A augmentedA              C majorC     D MajorD A augmentedA
And see if you remember the struggles of before
   F# minorF#m                D MajorD       E MajorE
When you were standing helpless on the outside of the door
     B minorBm        E MajorE      A augmentedA
And you started building links on the Chain
    B minorBm
On the Chain,
    D MajorD        E MajorE      A augmentedA
 you started building links on the Chain

verse 2:
 A augmentedA                 C majorC   D MajorD  A augmentedA
When the police on the horses were waitin' on demand
 A augmentedA                 C majorC    D MajorD    A augmentedA
Ridin' through the strike with the pistols in their hands
F# minorF#m            D MajorD      E MajorE
Swingin' at the skulls of many a union man
    B minorBm       E MajorE     A augmentedA       B minorBm
As you built one more link on the chain, on the chain
    D MajorD        E MajorE      A augmentedA
As you built one more link on the chain

verse 3:
 A augmentedA                   C majorC   D MajorD    A augmentedA
Then the army of the fascists tried to put you on the run
A augmentedA                C majorC    D MajorD     A augmentedA
But the army of the union, they did what could be done
     F# minorF#m            D MajorD       E MajorE
Oh, the power of the factory was greater than the gun
    B minorBm       E MajorE      A augmentedA      B minorBm
As you built one more link on the chain, on the chain
    D MajorD       E MajorE      A augmentedA
As you built one more link on the chain

verse 4:
A augmentedA           C majorC   D MajorD    A augmentedA
And then in 1954, decisions finally made
 A augmentedA                  C majorC   D MajorD    A augmentedA
The black man was a-risin' fast and racin' from the shade
     F# minorF#m             D MajorD     E MajorE
And your union took no stand and your union was betrayed
    B minorBm        E MajorE      A augmentedA       B minorBm
As you lost yourself a link on the chain, on the chain
    D MajorD        E MajorE      A augmentedA
As you lost yourslef a link on the chain

verse 5:
A augmentedA                   C majorC    D MajorD    A augmentedA
And then there came the boycotts and then the freedom rides
A augmentedA                    C majorC    D MajorD     A augmentedA
And forgetting what you stood for, you tried to block the tide
     F# minorF#m           D MajorD       E MajorE
Oh, the automation bosses werre laughin' on the side
     B minorBm          E MajorE      A augmentedA       B minorBm
As they watched you lose your link on the chain, on the chain
     D MajorD          E MajorE      A augmentedA
As they watched you lose your link on the chain

verse 6:
 A augmentedA                       C majorC   D MajorD   A augmentedA
You know when they block your trucks boys, by layin' on the road
 A augmentedA             C majorC    D MajorD    A augmentedA
All that they are doin' is all that you have showed
     F# minorF#m                D MajorD        E MajorE
That you gotta strike, you gotta fight to get what you are owed
       B minorBm        E MajorE      A augmentedA       B minorBm
When you're building all your links on the chain, on the chain
       D MajorD         E MajorE      A augmentedA
When you're building all your links on the chain

verse 7:
A augmentedA                        C majorC    D MajorD  A augmentedA
Amd the man who tries to tell you that they'll take your job away
A augmentedA                    C majorC    D MajorD  A augmentedA
He's the same man who was scabbin' hard just the other day
     F# minorF#m              D MajorD        E MajorE
And your union's not a union till he's thrown out of the way
     B minorBm       E MajorE      A augmentedA      B minorBm
And he's chokin' on your links of the chain, of the chain
     D MajorD        E MajorE      A augmentedA
And he's chokin' on your links of the chain

verse 8:
 A augmentedA                   C majorC    D MajorD    A augmentedA
For now the times are tellin' you the times are rollin' on
 A augmentedA                      C majorC     D MajorD   A augmentedA
And you're fighting for the same thing, the jobs that will be gone
     F# minorF#m            D MajorD         E MajorE
Now it's only fair to ask you boys, which side are you on?
      B minorBm        E MajorE      A augmentedA      B minorBm
As you're buildin' all your links on the chain, on the chain
      D MajorD         E MajorE      A augmentedA
As you're buildin' all your links on the chain